Tend The Garden chords by Gang Of Youths

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
FF
 I was young, it was the '60s, you see
A minorAm
 I never wanted to be the chief of anything
FF
 So it was singing in the church for me
A minorAm
 Behind the organ was as close as I'd ever be


DmDm
 There was a woman that I knew before
A minorAm
 She was in Auckland, she was spoken for
DmDm
 My hair was short, my skin was brown
A minorAm
 I did construction work from town to town
FF
 There were things we did and should not have done
A minorAm
 Been half a century since I seen my sons
Chorus:
FF   G+G         E minorEm    FF
Lord knows if they would ever forgive me
  C majorC    DmDm        FF
I won't forgive myself, at least
       FF   G+G      E minorEm    FF      C majorC
There are strange forces in the air only time can unleash
   DmDm       FF
In a way I still believe

Verse 2:
FF
 I fell in love, it was the '90s, you see
A minorAm
 I met a woman across the Tasman in '83
FF
 And we settled down and raised a couple kids
A minorAm
 But I couldn't bring myself to tell 'em what I did
DmDm
 I hope that one day if they find my sons
FF
 They'll tell 'em everything that I've become
DmDm
 And I will hold it 'til my dying breath
A minorAm
When I tend the garden
I will think of them
FF
 But my youngest kid, he can't shut his mouth
A minorAm
 I guess it won't be long 'til the truth is out

Chorus:
FF   G+G         E minorEm    FF
Lord knows if they would ever forgive me
  C majorC    DmDm        FF
I won't forgive myself, at least
       FF   G+G      E minorEm    FF      C majorC
There are strange forces in the air only time can unleash
   DmDm       FF
In a way I still believe

Interlude:
You know, with your dad
He had his reasons
You know, to, to leave the island
Go to New Zealand, to go to Australia

Interlude:
FF C majorC FF C majorC

FF C majorC FF G+G


Verse 3:
          FF
In the instance of pain
              C majorC
I look straight down at the iris
        FF
If the irises fade
             C majorC
I spend days out in the yard
          DmDm
In the absence of rain
              G+G
I take a seat down at the organ
    G+G
And I play
     G+G
Lord
I play
DmDm
Ah